Wagon-brake.



one when the old one is broken or worn out.

.UNITED STATES" PATENT GFFICE.

JULIUS STROMEYER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA'.

WAGON-,BRAKE` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed April25,1899.

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Be it known that I, J ULIUs Srnonnvnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and l State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improve-ments in Wagonlrakes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventiomsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of 'this specification.

Illyinvention relates to brakes tha-t are used upon draft-wagons and si milar vehicles; and the object of my improvement is tomake a brake that will be simple in construction and have therein a removable brake-slice that is easily adjusted and readily replaced bya new In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my improved brake adjusted in position on ythe wheel of an ordinaryexpresswagon. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the brake detached from the wagon and the brake-shoe partially removed therefrom. Fig. is a vertical sectional view of the brake with the shoe in position. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view through the brake and shoe on line a: of Fig.

A represents the wheel of an ordinary express-wagon, and A a section of the wagonbody.

` B is an iron casting forming a frame or carrier for the removable shoe.

a ct are two vertical ribs or projections caston the inside of the frame B.

a is a projection or flange formed across the top of the inner portion of the frame 13. Except for this projecting ange the top of the frame is open, so as to allow the removable shoe to be taken out.

C is a removable brake-shoe, made of any suitable material and fitting into the frame4 B in the manner shown in Figs. 3 and 4. b b are two vertical channels formed in the shoe C in the manner particularly shown in Fig.

Patent No. 629,403, dated July 25, 1899. serial it. 714,366. (No man.)

4. These channels are made Wider than the width of the ribs a ct, so that the shoe can be easily inserted into or removed from the iron frame. The top and bottom of the removable shoe are made to conform to the shape of the frame B. After the removable shoe is fitted in to the frame BA whenever the brake is put on the wheel the brake-shoe will be forced back into lthe position shown in Fig. 3, with the inner top portion directly under the flange a', thus making it impossible for the backward mot-ion of the wheel to force the shoe out from the frame.

a2 is an iron rod or leverpivoted to the wagon-body.

a3 is a bolt connecting one end of the lever a2 to the iron frame B. The upper end of the lever tais connected in the usual way to the brake-lever operated by the driver.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure bvhetters Patent of the .United States, is-

l. A brake for wagons and other vehicles consisting of the frame B,attached to suitable levers secured to the wagon-body and pro vided with inwardly-projecting vertical ribs a, and the removable shoe C, fitting into the frame and having therein two vertical channels of greater width than the width ot' the ribs a to permit said block to set back into the frame, substantially as shown and for the purpose described.

2. In a brake forwagons and similar vehicles, the frame having therein the in-l 

